 Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, And praised, unenvied, by the...  American Quarterly Review - Side 329redigert av - 1830Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 sider
...lavIDIA MAJOR AHHOS UET PAVCOS, XXXV. OB. FEB. XVI. MDCCXX. Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of snul ssrv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ! Ennobled by himself, by all approved,... | |
 | Westminster abbey - 1841 - 214 sider
...16, 1720, aged thirty-five. Upon the base of the monument is this epitaph, written by Mr. Pope : — Statesman, yet friend to truth, of soul sincere, In...faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, sere'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend. Ennobled by himself, by all approo'd,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 sider
...sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear ; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end. Who gnin'd *Q*N!+- * $p 4 approv'd, And prais'd, unenvied, by the Muse he lov'd." EPISTLE TO DR. ARBUTHNOT: BEING THE PROLOGUE... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 sider
...POCVI.I AMOR ET DELICIA : VIXIT TITVI.I8 ET INVIDIA MAJOR ASNOS IIEV PAVCOS, XXXV. OB. FEB. XVI. MDCCXX. Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Wlio j>roke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no till*1, and who lost no friend ! Ennobled... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 sider
...where there is a monument to him, inscribed with the well-known epitaph of his friend Pope : — " Statesman, yet friend to truth ; of soul sincere,...by himself, — by all approved, Praised, wept, and honoured by the muse he loved ! " Alluding to the lowness of his origin, and to the circumstance of... | |
 | 1917 - 452 sider
...Measured by the strictest standards of public worth and private character he was always a gentleman. "in action faithful, and in Honour clear! Who broke no promise, served no private ends" Colonel Rawle married, 7 February, 1872, Elizabeth Norris, daughter of Henry Pepper of Philadelphia,... | |
 | 1951 - 318 sider
...Mr. Corbly, are to me Mr. DAV himself, and I want to pay you this tribute as guest of honor : "A DAV, yet friend to truth, of soul sincere In action faithful, and in honor clear, Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title and who lost no friend."... | |
 | Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, Selma Jeanne Cohen, Roger H. Lonsdale - 1960 - 80 sider
...troubles of the South Sea Bubble. Craggs was buried in Westminster Abbey. His epitaph was written by Pope: Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In...faithful, and in honour clear! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend; Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1962 - 498 sider
...friend to truth; of soul sincere In action faithful, and In honor clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end. Who gained no title, and who lost no friend. Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. Speaker, in the passing of Speaker RAYBURN, the country has lost one of its foremost... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 sider
...INVIDIA MAJOR, ANNOS HEU PAUCOS, XXXV. OB. FEB. XVI. M DCC XX. [written 1720; revised and published 1727] Statesman, yet Friend to Truth! of Soul sincere, In...faithful, and in Honour clear! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no Title, and who lost no Friend, Ennobled by Himself, by All approv'd,... | |
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